Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f98Fii004967; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 11:44:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 11:44:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05001908b7e778e1386f@[146.186.96.31]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Barb Van Horn <blv1@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:308] HandsNet WebClipper Digest X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 3381 Lines: 73 HandsNet WebClipper Digest The information below is from WebClipper Digest, HandsNet's weekly overview of cross-cutting human services news from throughout the World Wide Web. For daily Headlines news, Alerts and Discussions, and to start your personal clipping service, visit WebClipper at http://www.webclipper.org. Free trial WebClipper memberships are available on our public site at http://www.handsnet.org. ************************************ OCTOBER 5, 2001 NEW WEB RESOURCE FOR PROFESSIONAL WORKING TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN - Launching National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Oct, 2001, the new End Violence Against Women Web site from Johns Hopkins University provides policymakers, researchers, health communication specialists and others with the latest information from hundreds of organizations. http://www.endvaw.org LAWYERS CAN HELP - ABA's Division for Public Education and the Commission on Domestic Violence has assembled information for state and local bars, governors, attorneys general and the public at large, on the needs of victims and how to assist. http://www.abanet.org/publiced/domviol.html CENSUS REPORT ON THE UNINSURED - The Census Bureau reports the number of uninsured Americans in 2000 dropped for the second year in a row, decreasing from 39.3 million in 1999 to 38.7 million in 2000. Young adults were the most likely to lack insurance. http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/cb01-162.html THE BAD NEWS IS - Most analysts do not expect the downward trend in the number of uninsured to continue, particularly with a weakened economy, the growing number of unemployed workers and increasing costs of health care. Many states also are facing Medicaid budget shortfalls, and some have considered "trimming" their programs. Families USA's analysis of the 2000 insurance figures finds that the decrease of 600,000 in the overall number of uninsured Americans is largely attributable to the efficacy of the 1997 State Children's Health Insurance Program. The bad news is that the number of uninsured Americans in 2001 is probably well above 40 million -- and likely to grow in the period ahead. http://www.familiesusa.org/media/statements/census_data.htm NATIONAL CHILD HEATH DAY - On Oct 1 the Maternal and Child Health Bureau launched a ten-year action plan to help focus and improve community-based services for children with special health care needs and their families. An action Kit is available online. http://mchb.hrsa.gov/html/expresshome.htm CHILDREN IN THE STATES 2001 - Which states are doing the most, and least, for children? Children's Defense Fund's state profiles are tools for planning and action - particularly useful as state and local governments, as well as the private sector, take on increasing levels of responsibility for the design and implementation of programs affecting children. http://www.childrensdefense.org/release010925b.htm -- ****************** Barbara Van Horn NIFL-WORKPLACE List Co-Moderator Co-Director, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy Co-Director, Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University 102 Rackley Building, University Park, PA 16802-3202 Phone: 814-865-5876 Fax: 814-863-6108 E-mail: BLV1@PSU.EDU "Moving adult literacy from the Margins to the Mainstream"
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